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Old 09-15-2010
problem in dollar substitution
Hi,

I have a problem in dollar substitution:-
$ csv1="first_csv"
$ csvnumber=1
$ echo {csv$csvnumber}
{csv1}
$ echo "${csv$csvnumber}"
bad substitution

I want first_csv...why is it not working

thanks
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Old 09-15-2010
Code:
eval echo \${csv$csvnumber}

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Old 09-15-2010
Try this,
Code:
eval echo "$"csv${csvnumber}

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